Hands-On Production Supervisor — Lean, Safe & High-Impact

Flex--n--gate; Southfield (MI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Flex--n--gate is seeking a Manufacturing Supervisor to oversee production operations, ensuring safety, quality, on-time delivery and continuous improvement. You will lead a hands-on team on the shop floor, align daily work assignments with production schedules, and drive performance in cooperation with Maintenance, Engineering and Quality teams.

The ideal candidate has 1-3 years of supervisory experience, strong communication skills, and proficiency with MS Office.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of related manufacturing/supervisory experience
• Knowledge of Occupational Health and Safety Act and Labour Laws
• Conflict resolution and time management skills
• Strong communication, presentation, organizational, problem solving, teamwork and leadership
• Proficient computer skills including MS Office
• Ability to seek a team approach

Responsibilities

• All work must be performed in a safe, efficient manner in compliance with Company Policy, Local, Provincial and/or Federal rules and regulations and if applicable Collective Agreement.
• Communicates, trains, guides and coaches employees to achieve operational initiatives that optimize team efforts in the manufacturing of high quality products.
• Evaluates interpersonal skills, provides feedback and recommends as well as methods to improve interpersonal communications.
• Schedules and assigns personnel to work according to the demand of the manufacturing schedules.
• Continually assesses the limitations of equipment capacity and materials supply to directly make adjustments to personal for optimization of manufacturing output.
• Assesses each employee’s abilities and skills to match with capabilities required for each area of the manufacturing floor.
• Continuously monitors and tracks output, manufacturing processes, labour efficiencies, direct operating expenses and quality indicators for assigned cost centers.
• Measures performance and quality.
• Drives positive results in operational Key Process Indicators.
• Establishes and builds working relationships with other departmental personnel, such as Maintenance, Engineering, Finance, Planning and Quality to meet production schedules.
• Meets regularly on a formal basis with Management Team to review production results and improvement priorities.
• Performs other related tasks as assigned.

Skills

Time Management

Coaching, Counseling and Motivation

Lean Manufacturing

Analytical and Problem Solving Skills

Decision Making and Judgement

Flexibility

Creative and Innovative Thinking

Development and Continual Learning

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Flex--n--gate is seeking a Manufacturing Supervisor to oversee production operations, ensuring safety, quality, on-time delivery and continuous improvement. You will lead a hands-on team on the shop floor, align daily work assignments with production schedules, and drive performance in cooperation with Maintenance, Engineering and Quality teams.

The ideal candidate has 1-3 years of supervisory experience, strong communication skills, and proficiency with MS Office.